How to Install and Uninstall webcam Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "webcam" package

Learn how to install webcam on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                webcam
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "webcam" package

Learn how to uninstall webcam on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                webcam
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the webcam package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: webcam
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.107-1.1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Source: xawtv
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 116
Depends: xawtv-plugins (= 3.107-1.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libjpeg8 (>= 8c)
Recommends: ftp, ssh-client
Filename: pool/universe/x/xawtv/webcam_3.107-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 39496
MD5sum: cbe7503b37b6e19388d0d40195607c77
SHA1: c6e72191ecb6049ac936fb77a1d8adc26cfc4a35
SHA256: c0fd6231a489f2c0626f1cd2e53b12eb46858488c3e6f897479d3903524c25e0
SHA512: 9d6812cbfb47718427f05cb3f2eb77446cd4c4c313bf18c4e654a41fcfeecaf6db14319f04c7ca7cc9fe3ccf9015bab5f828feada0320ca7334b8c83ba55a133
Homepage: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xawtv
Description: image grabber and uploader
Description-md5: f48e4f77bafcfb0db0f6a055b027341a